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Another 'Epstein Binders': White Nationalists Mock MAGA Spin on SPLC Indictment

“Conservatives are dumb, and they come to the wrong conclusion and they come to a very self-serving conclusion," says Unite the Right organizer Richard Spencer.

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Phil Williams
Apr 24, 2026
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Prominent white nationalists, including those who planned Charlottesville’s deadly Unite the Right rally, are mocking MAGA figures for their efforts to spin the Trump administration’s indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Those reactions from the people with the most knowledge of the events in question follow repeated claims by MAGA figures in recent days that the indictment of the legendary civil rights group proved that it created what were essentially “false flags” for fundraising purposes.

“I’m beginning to feel that the #SPLC indictment is much more like the Epstein Binders than a real criminal case,” said Richard Spencer in a post on X.

“In other words, it’s a convenient conspiracy theory or limited hangout served up by the government to allow conservatives to indulge in victimization.”

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